BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: Accessing files from Android phone on Pi5
De:       Daniel James
Data:     Tue, 12 May 2026 09:43:21 +0100
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On 12/05/2026 00:09, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:
>> PTP is a rather more specialized (i.e. limited) protocol and seems 
>> to be designed to enable the PC to use the phone as a digital
>> camera -- you'd have to be running something on the PC that
>> understood cameras rather than a general-purpose file manager.
> 
> I thought PTP was the earlier protocol, while MTP was the later 
> generalization:

Yes, indeed.

I don't think that contradicts what I wrote. PTP was the earlier 
protocol, specifically for cameras, which was later generalized to 
support full file transfer as a replacement for USB mass-storage.

Sorry for any confusion.

-- 
Cheers,
  Daniel.

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